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44140 "Mark Smith" <msmith@n...> 1998‑06‑01 Bio of a "shameless lurker"
Alright Mom you've goaded this shameless lurker into the light. So here's
the obligatory bio.
I am a pseudo-neander. Just can't let go of some odf those tailed
apprentices although I am
trying. I am a 36 yr old furnituremaker wannabe who dropped out of college
28 credits short of an
engineering degree because all I had left were computer classes and I hated
computers. So, 14
years later I am a network engineer at small software company.

While I have always loved p*w*rtools and SWMBO always likes antique
shopping. I guess she was either trying to get me involved with her shopping
trips or her father's ( a serious tools junky)
genes were pushing her. The next thing I know she's got an old #5c on the
wall along with a
couple of MF braces and eggbeaters, several wood planes, an auger, a pin
drill, and couple of
tools I still can't figure out. So of course I 've gotta play with 'em. Next
thing I know I've got a LN 1,4
and 212. Well now i'm hooked on the finish a plane gives a nice piece of
walnut and I spend half
my day reading OT mail and tommorow is my first FMM so I guess I,m getting
no work done.

Mark Smith
msmih@n...
Rockviille MD
Ph 301-926-2500
Fx 301-926-3500



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